| Year | Item | Detail |
|---|
| 1986 |
Andrei Sakharov returns to Moscow |
After almost seven years in internal exile, prominent dissident Andrei Sakharov returns to Moscow
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| 1972 |
Earthquake devastates Nicaragua |
An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale and lasting two hours devastates the Nicaraguan capital Managua. Ten thousand people are feared dead and 80% of the buildings are destroyed. |
| 1964 |
Richard Beeching to leave |
The government announces that Dr Richard Beeching is to leave the British Railways Board and return to ICI. |
| 1956 |
British and French forces leave Suez |
British and French forces withdraw from Port Said and Port Fuad and are replaced by United Nations Emergency Force ending the Suez Crisis. |
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